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copresident obama has said an tempted attack by a nigerian pointso a failure in the u.s. serity system. he said that a warning given to the intelligence svices by the father of umar farouk abdmutallab and not bn properly dissemined. >> this is president obama answering his critics. one is a repuican setor who has said he believes thathe presidt has be dnplaying the reat of terrorism ever since he took office. th isarsh and very partisan. this might behe reason that the president came out and gave the unexpeed statement vcing his concerns. this is fr my colleague kevin conrad. >> this is the bomb designed to bl up e fight on christmas day d kill everyone on board. the explosives were sewn into the underwear of thebomber. they were designed to explode en the acid from this syringe. this young nirian was t attacker. of cose, america hs been target befe. richard rid tried toring down a flight fromiami to paris 8 years ago. american experts demotrated the effectely bomb would have had if it had admitted. presidenobama told the amican people that mistakes and failings in the un
copresident obama has said an tempted attack by a nigerian pointso a failure in the u.s. serity system. he said that a warning given to the intelligence svices by the father of umar farouk abdmutallab and not bn properly dissemined. >> this is president obama answering his critics. one is a repuican setor who has said he believes thathe presidt has be dnplaying the reat of terrorism ever since he took office. th isarsh and very partisan. this might behe reason that the president came out...
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obama has a very difficult situation. he should have had this cogitation period back in the campaign when he tried to settle himself wi hillary clinn and whether toget more out of afghanistan, and now there no sy way out. >> where do you think he will fall? >> e decisn makes no easy ou, obama tries to in the middle onmost issues, i on't mean that in the most critical sense, but if we n't beef the forces, wecould be sending a bad message to afghanisn. if he buds up the forces to much, he may raise expectations and leave an uglexit down the road. >> do you think therhas to be some timelineiven? >> timelines are bencarks, one of the o willemerge. ifhe wants to take the blame for this prlem and put on her's shoulders. eikenrry's cable is helpl in that part, he says to put the target on karzai. >> as he goes to other areas, one problem of the host is th ey were in afghanistan and not focused on asia >> think ey will hear from oba that he's got more of a balanced agenda, buhas this fear that he will get sucked up on something d
obama has a very difficult situation. he should have had this cogitation period back in the campaign when he tried to settle himself wi hillary clinn and whether toget more out of afghanistan, and now there no sy way out. >> where do you think he will fall? >> e decisn makes no easy ou, obama tries to in the middle onmost issues, i on't mean that in the most critical sense, but if we n't beef the forces, wecould be sending a bad message to afghanisn. if he buds up the forces to...
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nato'secretary-general announced today that psident obama's ange of plan on the missile defense shield washe latter. >> it is possible for to and ruia to make a new beginning and tonjoy a far more productive relatiohip in the future. we shoulexplore the potential for linkinthe u.s. nato and russn missile defense systems at an appropriate time. >> reporter: russia's president medvedev welcomed the decisn last nit. and pre minister putin called it a "corrt and brave decision," adding at he expect further warming of relations with the u.s., enabling russia,azakhstan and belaruto join the world trade organization. a new tone has emerged from noh korea, too, overnight. ju months after defying a ban to test fi long-range ballistic missiles and an undergund nuclear test, president kim jong-il s told a chinese envoy they wanto restart negotiations. pyongyang's rece release of two american journalis now looks like credibanked for this ment, though south korea's foreigminister was deeply skeptical. >> translator: now tt north korea isn possession of new weapons, ty intend to have u.s.-north koa
nato'secretary-general announced today that psident obama's ange of plan on the missile defense shield washe latter. >> it is possible for to and ruia to make a new beginning and tonjoy a far more productive relatiohip in the future. we shoulexplore the potential for linkinthe u.s. nato and russn missile defense systems at an appropriate time. >> reporter: russia's president medvedev welcomed the decisn last nit. and pre minister putin called it a "corrt and brave...
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>> italia love president obama. and i don't think at the insistence o going on wth the r in afghanistan is going to affect the viethat italians ha of the administration. but if the president id that his euroanllies should mmit moretroops to the fort in afanistan, would theens nd more forces? that would be a very diffult decision for pre minister berlusconi >> what do you thin would be palatablfor the italians? maybe sending people that will work on the bac line. logistical support, police support, training rather than being on t front line. okay, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> saying with afghanistan, president hamid kzai defended his integri of the country's presidential election today. he also admted for the fir timehat there was fraud by govement officials who support him but said that therwas fraud as well by tho supporting his mai oppent. the final but unsatisfied count gives karza more than 5% of the vote. but observers say that aut one-third of the votes were suicious and
>> italia love president obama. and i don't think at the insistence o going on wth the r in afghanistan is going to affect the viethat italians ha of the administration. but if the president id that his euroanllies should mmit moretroops to the fort in afanistan, would theens nd more forces? that would be a very diffult decision for pre minister berlusconi >> what do you thin would be palatablfor the italians? maybe sending people that will work on the bac line. logistical support,...
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>>yes, in a sensethat president obama and is aides would say look, we have been inlved. before he left he country he had done a big own hall meeting health care and before that speecheso the a.m.a., but certainl next week with him back in washiton you will once again seehim communicating to e public as he doesso well built need or heal care worm - reform and youill see him back in hat role of meeing one-on-o or th small grouppeds ofmembers of congre, trying to ge them back on trck. >> how far are they in terms of figuring out to y -- how to pay for ths, things is like the soda tax andthe sin tax, where are they in terms of consensus? gwen: hardly seems like enough ney. >> right th soda and sin taxis an option but it's not alarge amount of money. from eparate drections hose and senate democrats seem to be and i say seem to be, moving back wards soaking the rich if you will prdon the cliche. they arlooking at different ways ofincreasing taxed on the upper income amerins. itmight be abov say, $350,0, some sort of scaled-i surcharge on walthy families. over i the senate it'
>>yes, in a sensethat president obama and is aides would say look, we have been inlved. before he left he country he had done a big own hall meeting health care and before that speecheso the a.m.a., but certainl next week with him back in washiton you will once again seehim communicating to e public as he doesso well built need or heal care worm - reform and youill see him back in hat role of meeing one-on-o or th small grouppeds ofmembers of congre, trying to ge them back on trck....
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no comedian wanst obama to win. we'll vote for obama. we want mitt romney. i personally gave him advice. just relax. be one of your cell. >> we will see you next week. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> for a transcript of this broadcast, just log on to -- >> "inside washington" is brought to you by -- the american federation of government employees. afge.org. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. where are you going?
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>> you mean tat cat obama, right? gwen: yeah, that cat. well, the problem was we were exposed t legilative sausagemaking and as everybody here knows,that is not a pretty sight. whatwe have seen weekafter week now his summer is as you get closer and closer tohaving an actual bill on someing as complicated as healthcare, something that is /6 of the u.s. economy and the lawakers strt looking at the specifics, they don't likethem. you saw on the house side, everal rump groups o democrats gointo speaker pelo and aying you don't have enough co controls in the bill or we'veot a problem if youmight possibly fund adorgs --abortion services sohow throgh this new ealth xchange. these were her ow democats. so they hato say lt's take a paus not going to bringthe bill out quite yet. maybe next eek. they also ad a lot of difficulty findin the money to pafor health reorm. same thi in the seate. harry reid went to ma bacus, the finance committee chairman who's been rying to put together this ill and said list, there are democts in thesenate who don't like
>> you mean tat cat obama, right? gwen: yeah, that cat. well, the problem was we were exposed t legilative sausagemaking and as everybody here knows,that is not a pretty sight. whatwe have seen weekafter week now his summer is as you get closer and closer tohaving an actual bill on someing as complicated as healthcare, something that is /6 of the u.s. economy and the lawakers strt looking at the specifics, they don't likethem. you saw on the house side, everal rump groups o democrats...
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cultur debate president >>n overwhelming potion of thintensely demonstred animosity towd president rack obama is based onthe ct that he isa black man. >> i believe we are the brinof a great american awakening and itwill bein here and begin now nd begin with you. gwen: the u.s. reversescourse on missile dfenseabroad and immedialy goes on the defensive at home. >> those who saywe are scrapping missile defense in eope are either misiformed misrepresenting te reality of what we'r doing. gwen: ile one year after a giantinal meltdown,some see gns of hop. >> prospeths -- rospects for a return to groth in the near term appr good. gwen: we go t the reports covering the week. ceci connolly of "the washington post", john harwood of cnbc and the "new york times," martha radtz of abc news, dyy. andyy --greg ip of he economist. >> celebrati 40 years of journalistic exclence, live om our nation's capital, thi is "washington wk" with gwen ifl, produced in association with "national joual." corporate funding for "washington week" isrovided by -- >> we know y we're hee. t redefine air travel r a new generatn.
cultur debate president >>n overwhelming potion of thintensely demonstred animosity towd president rack obama is based onthe ct that he isa black man. >> i believe we are the brinof a great american awakening and itwill bein here and begin now nd begin with you. gwen: the u.s. reversescourse on missile dfenseabroad and immedialy goes on the defensive at home. >> those who saywe are scrapping missile defense in eope are either misiformed misrepresenting te reality of what we'r...
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this was an area where he was in agreement with president obama. president obama agreed to $80 billion in a time of significant austerity. and even threw another $4 billion. and they thought they had a deal with kyl. but he shocked him when he said, he doesn't want to do it. and he doesn't want to bring it up in this senate. if it has to spill over then the whole process starts all over again and there has to be no hearings. and of course, there will be many more republican senators. they would need 14 republicans to vote for it because remember this is a treaty. it needs 67 votes. >> if 80 billion isn't snuff what is enough for jon kyl? >> he hasn't said. help hasn't said that his particular objections for treaty itself. for a while they thought it would stop the united states from announcing a.b.m. systems. but in fact, when you read the treaty, wording doesn't seem to be there that would really restrict it. and in fact, nato today when the president was in lisbon imimportants a system. they're not just trying to deny president obama a victory on
this was an area where he was in agreement with president obama. president obama agreed to $80 billion in a time of significant austerity. and even threw another $4 billion. and they thought they had a deal with kyl. but he shocked him when he said, he doesn't want to do it. and he doesn't want to bring it up in this senate. if it has to spill over then the whole process starts all over again and there has to be no hearings. and of course, there will be many more republican senators. they would...
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barack obama has played down talkor troops surging in afghanistan. he said there's a decision pending. a top command, stanley chrystal, has delivered a plea sessment of the wr and is urging a new apprch. > u.s. soldiers on foot patr. their new strategy talks about putting thefghan people first. it is not just about finding the enemy now. it is abo finding ankeeping friends. in the vlage, there is a warm wcome from a person. >> how are you? >> goo >> the know ait ofach other's nguage. this 24-year-old from america a bigob. he is one of the many ne faces in the countersurgency, and th is the point. it is safe to face. this meant lts the problems re -- the schools, t wells, but theyere prised them. >> it is never goodhen people promise them and notng goes through. >> this work s gone on for eight ars. now the nexgeneration is tching. this is h relationships are but here in afghan society. it always starts with wm rds and food issues, but ultimate the truth emerges. this is about building relationships d trust and pport. in this college, the is some wato
barack obama has played down talkor troops surging in afghanistan. he said there's a decision pending. a top command, stanley chrystal, has delivered a plea sessment of the wr and is urging a new apprch. > u.s. soldiers on foot patr. their new strategy talks about putting thefghan people first. it is not just about finding the enemy now. it is abo finding ankeeping friends. in the vlage, there is a warm wcome from a person. >> how are you? >> goo >> the know ait ofach...
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you cannot say that he was imposed on obama. >> i did not say he was imposed on obama. i said that the strategy he wanted to pursue he pushed on obama. >> we are going to continue this discussion to talk about what is ahead for afghanistan and general petraeus. >> we did not say we would be switching off the lights and closing the door behind us. we said that this would begin a transition phase and which the afghan government is taking on more and more responsibility. that is the strategy that was put forward. general petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it. my expectation is that he will be outstanding in implementing its, and we will not miss upbeat because of the change -- miss a beat because of the change in command in the afghan at theater. >> things have not been going all that well in the afghan theater. >> alexander the great took persia in six months and spent three or four years in afghanistan. you picked the one person on this panel to answer this question who is utterly clueless about what the appropriate policy would be. i am not sure
you cannot say that he was imposed on obama. >> i did not say he was imposed on obama. i said that the strategy he wanted to pursue he pushed on obama. >> we are going to continue this discussion to talk about what is ahead for afghanistan and general petraeus. >> we did not say we would be switching off the lights and closing the door behind us. we said that this would begin a transition phase and which the afghan government is taking on more and more responsibility. that is...
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and i'm ver optimistic on the steps to be taken by president obama. he well balanced in all his speeches and addresse partularly within the context of violenc particularly in arab and iraqthe concerns in the ab and muslim countes. once again, i think the oba cairopeech wasn excellent piece of work >> charlie: it cated new opportunies? >> do u mean new opportunitie at peace, yes. >> chaie: what did it accomplish, the spch? >> you know of course the sech and you listened to, it assured the slim world because before that the feeling was that tre was a great and extreme bias against the muslim peopley the leader's admistration. an that created great ccerns among the muslims, rticularly the leaders ofthe countri. butith the obama speech, it became clear thate is not ainst islam, that america is not against islam. this is quite important. so mh so that -- wted to confer t doctorate to obama but the time was so shorthat he coun't do that in time. >> charlie: ere is always time do y sense that he is about to launch his initiave for the middle east? >> preside
and i'm ver optimistic on the steps to be taken by president obama. he well balanced in all his speeches and addresse partularly within the context of violenc particularly in arab and iraqthe concerns in the ab and muslim countes. once again, i think the oba cairopeech wasn excellent piece of work >> charlie: it cated new opportunies? >> do u mean new opportunitie at peace, yes. >> chaie: what did it accomplish, the spch? >> you know of course the sech and you listened...
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i think obama was trying to sweet talk the russians a ttle bit. like this one, we do not like this on that is not going to wo. tavis: how does he sawhat problem? the money he solveshe problem recognizing it as a unified leadership he makes progress by lstening to what they both tellim about russia's security concerns a tried to respond creatively. tavis: let me shift now tohe book, because we haveeen talking about iran already. the book is about, connected to iran. give me the top line on th book. tavis, inhis new and novel, the increment," i imaginthat an iranian nuclear ientist who for mplicated reasons, but really bause heetests the regi that is running ian, he decid he's goingo share nformation with the cia, dropped a dime on the nuear program. he does it by communicating wit the cian the internet. you can go to the cia's website and you will find there is a invitation to people overss to commit treason, se us secrets. i am told by my sources this is used quite a lot, peop do send us things the iernet. i am imagining an iranian who does tat, a
i think obama was trying to sweet talk the russians a ttle bit. like this one, we do not like this on that is not going to wo. tavis: how does he sawhat problem? the money he solveshe problem recognizing it as a unified leadership he makes progress by lstening to what they both tellim about russia's security concerns a tried to respond creatively. tavis: let me shift now tohe book, because we haveeen talking about iran already. the book is about, connected to iran. give me the top line on th...
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deal on climate change was obama's other majorgoal. he was ab to convince the natio to agree t a limitn a rise in the rld's temperature. the major industrialized nation also agree to cut tir carb emissions by 80% by t year 2050. still, he couldn't convince the wider group to go along th that targefor redung emiions. oppositionas led by the so-called g-5, a group of importantregional playershat cludes brazil, china, india, mexico and south africa. obamacknowledgedhe growing importance of such countrs. >> for us to think we can somehow dealith some these global challengesin the absee of mor pwers like hina, india and brazil, seems to me wrongheaded. >> repter: afterwts the presidenin the rome with pope benedi xvi. the two greeted ea other warmly. this despite their dierences over issues like stem cell research and ortion. and re on the present's meeting wi moment today we are join by the reverend drew christiann. editor in ief of the national catholic weekly magazine published by t jesuits. father, good tbe with us. >> good to be with yo
deal on climate change was obama's other majorgoal. he was ab to convince the natio to agree t a limitn a rise in the rld's temperature. the major industrialized nation also agree to cut tir carb emissions by 80% by t year 2050. still, he couldn't convince the wider group to go along th that targefor redung emiions. oppositionas led by the so-called g-5, a group of importantregional playershat cludes brazil, china, india, mexico and south africa. obamacknowledgedhe growing importance of such...
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obama isbargaining with the ruians. how does that look to you, evan >> the president is a conciliator and he likes to split the difference and i am sure some of it is to appease the russians, that do not an it is a d idea. theechnologies, but it is better to go with th systems -- secretary of defense gates likes to go with what works n and not rry about big fan systemslater. theris some evidence that the iranians are building the small and termediate range missiles that are threening europe. in practal terms, it mak sense. >>t is polically sheer nius that he has robert gates as his secretary of defense mang this case. he is a big russian expert was a hardler about russia a decade or two ago, argued for the opposite position a said the inlligence hashanged now, and wahead of the cia. this is extremely hpful to making the case. >>e gives obama otection, bu charles, i wonder, you probably still like this system that does not work to prote a threat tt does not exist. [laughter] >> what i like on is show is thneutrality of t
obama isbargaining with the ruians. how does that look to you, evan >> the president is a conciliator and he likes to split the difference and i am sure some of it is to appease the russians, that do not an it is a d idea. theechnologies, but it is better to go with th systems -- secretary of defense gates likes to go with what works n and not rry about big fan systemslater. theris some evidence that the iranians are building the small and termediate range missiles that are threening...
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i really believed in obama. i believed in transparent government policies and none of that has transpired. on the contrary, he is a better manager of the empire than bush ever was. it is wrong. he is a constitutional s cholar. bush made a fatal flaw. we were attacked by terrorists. instead of hunting down those people through intelligence, informers, through the usual process is by which the entire by whichow processes the entire world uses, he waged war and he said that you're either with us or against us and he divided the world right than. he made six countries suspect. essentially, the united states government makes us, the citizens of our own country and citizens abroad, suspects. we are all suspects. it is not just for terrorists. because i'm not a terrorist and you are not a terrorist. but we are all fearful that whatever we do and think and act comically want to form a new association, if we want to protest an essay policies, we are always being listened to. what is your read on some of these polls that
i really believed in obama. i believed in transparent government policies and none of that has transpired. on the contrary, he is a better manager of the empire than bush ever was. it is wrong. he is a constitutional s cholar. bush made a fatal flaw. we were attacked by terrorists. instead of hunting down those people through intelligence, informers, through the usual process is by which the entire by whichow processes the entire world uses, he waged war and he said that you're either with us...
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>> well, wre does president obama go, one? bu secondl can he dot alone? this is a u.n.actio obviously nations such as rush vse russia veto utthe uk and wants to have. even if obam can get everybod togeer to say yes thetime has come to ke further steps you have the problem wit the russians and the iranians, as we know sent the propols, which are very vague, but ateast whe obama said in this inaugul addrs i'll hold out an open hand, they are offeringto talk. you say shoulde ener talks? >>what happens to that whole idea of, you know, here's an olive branch, let's do away with the clench fi, iranians are saying yes with a package of proehl. s the united states wants diplomacy. where is theiplomacy fromoth sides. >> i think the obama's administration inclination,ts announced inclinatn they do wanto talk with ir but something happened dhat was e june election. the denstrations in the street. suddenly you're deali with ahmadined in a way which he's no longer seen oin a decreasing legitimacy that he had before, in a realy contested eelection in a royaling publ th
>> well, wre does president obama go, one? bu secondl can he dot alone? this is a u.n.actio obviously nations such as rush vse russia veto utthe uk and wants to have. even if obam can get everybod togeer to say yes thetime has come to ke further steps you have the problem wit the russians and the iranians, as we know sent the propols, which are very vague, but ateast whe obama said in this inaugul addrs i'll hold out an open hand, they are offeringto talk. you say shoulde ener talks?...
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what's the vlnerability here f the obama administration? they've opened the dr to ira in so many different ways what happen next for them? >> well, this is letting engagement play t, debora, and the lnerability that they face at this point is that it pls out for too long, that this becomes like those ndless netiations with noh korea where you make a dealand then nobody divers on it and tn eventually in nrth korea's se they actually got o a bomb. i don't thi president obama or anyone on his staff wantsto be -wants that o happen on their watch. >> david, it was sriking that the iranian ngotiator did get to the poi of saying yeah, this is a good deal a we ought toake it. do we have any nsight on what's going on now in tehran and how they're gog to react? >> y know, one of thgoals, doyle, t administration d was to make public these spls within the iranian leadersip, so iraian tv ths morning the state-run tv,this is a terrible dl, we'll never shi our stuff out. and by the e of the day, the negotiator w telling the had of the international atmic
what's the vlnerability here f the obama administration? they've opened the dr to ira in so many different ways what happen next for them? >> well, this is letting engagement play t, debora, and the lnerability that they face at this point is that it pls out for too long, that this becomes like those ndless netiations with noh korea where you make a dealand then nobody divers on it and tn eventually in nrth korea's se they actually got o a bomb. i don't thi president obama or anyone on...
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>>well, this brings up the issue of the obama admistration. becausfor the first few months it's been fusing in part ba trying to open up a dialogue. i'm wondering -- bill riardson was recently down the. w much progress has there been made bween improving thgs between the s. and cuba? in the very beginning, rl fted some of the restrictions on travel, obama di for family members, or members of the media, for other oups. but after that iteems to have become stalend stagna and not much has bee done abo it. probably because obama has a full plate of issues that h has to take care of firs >> there are a lot of other country, western europe, canada, that trade openly with cuba. i'm wondering american sinesses feel left ou and if , do you think that's par pressuring >> that is indee pressuring. there has been a lifting of the embarg we are exporting like$700 million rth of goods, mostly agricultural gds to cuba for years. sohere is lotof impetus and a lotof incente on the u.s. siness to open up that market. jose moya, it' been very teresting talking w
>>well, this brings up the issue of the obama admistration. becausfor the first few months it's been fusing in part ba trying to open up a dialogue. i'm wondering -- bill riardson was recently down the. w much progress has there been made bween improving thgs between the s. and cuba? in the very beginning, rl fted some of the restrictions on travel, obama di for family members, or members of the media, for other oups. but after that iteems to have become stalend stagna and not much has...
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obama needs the second term. i think he will be stronger against republicans. >> i think he got some wind from the occupied movement. i think he learned it is not going to work. he is doing more things we want him to do. >> whoever wins is not going to win with a mandate. tell me why i should not believe things are going to be more divided in the next four years than they were in the past. >> the best thing you could hope for is something divided rather than the republicans could hope to do. there is one that said the best thing is to repeal the 20th- century. we are talking about reactionary policies if romney gets in there. any of them are going to be worse than obama. he is going to hopefully follow through on pulling u.s. troops out of afghanistan, and maybe he is going to do some other initiatives. we like his speech where he calls for nuclear abolition. it is an important issue, and we want to see him pushed out forward. it is going to be a divided government. the danger is having republicans in all three b
obama needs the second term. i think he will be stronger against republicans. >> i think he got some wind from the occupied movement. i think he learned it is not going to work. he is doing more things we want him to do. >> whoever wins is not going to win with a mandate. tell me why i should not believe things are going to be more divided in the next four years than they were in the past. >> the best thing you could hope for is something divided rather than the republicans...
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short-term, the 10 states that lucy, eight of them were carried by obama. of the eight seats that gave seats, five of them were carried by john mccain. you have the biggest concentration of republican governors we have had in the country since 1928. ohio is losing two seats. ohio gained five republicans in the last election. how're you are you going to draw those lines? you say that toledo, akron, cleveland, cincinnati, a lot of democratic bastions, they will have their say in ohio, so how will you accommodate those republicans in those two new seats? >> that is why the midterm election was such a disaster if you were a democrat. 19 statehouses switched republican. it is the state houses and governors who will ultimately redraw the lines. >> i am not naive, i know there will be tough fights ahead. >> i think we demonstrated on the tax package there are some things we can do. if the president is willing to come and opposition that i and my members told anyway, why would we say no? >> why would they say no? >> i cannot imagine, except that the number one prio
short-term, the 10 states that lucy, eight of them were carried by obama. of the eight seats that gave seats, five of them were carried by john mccain. you have the biggest concentration of republican governors we have had in the country since 1928. ohio is losing two seats. ohio gained five republicans in the last election. how're you are you going to draw those lines? you say that toledo, akron, cleveland, cincinnati, a lot of democratic bastions, they will have their say in ohio, so how will...
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he repeated the line obama used, instead of stepping away and saying that obama thinks the way to increase employment is to hire bureaucrats. he got the wrong word, and he is paying 48. -- for it. >> the revered poster boy of the new republican party, scott walker, governor of wisconsin, immediately took governor romney to past and said this is wrong, we want teachers, firefighters, and police and that is why we provided for them in wisconsin. mitt romney calls barack obama out of touch. being called out of touch by mitt romney is a little bit like being called tasteless by lady gaga. [laughter] it just is really too much. >> do you prepare these? >> they are spontaneous. where is the prompter? [laughter] no, i really think that president obama talking about the private sector since -- 2001, there has not been a net single job created in the united states in the private sector. that is 80 years of george w. bush and at three and a half years of poor -- 8 years of george w. bush and three and half years of barack obama. that is a terrible, terrible record. >> what did you make of it jeb bus
he repeated the line obama used, instead of stepping away and saying that obama thinks the way to increase employment is to hire bureaucrats. he got the wrong word, and he is paying 48. -- for it. >> the revered poster boy of the new republican party, scott walker, governor of wisconsin, immediately took governor romney to past and said this is wrong, we want teachers, firefighters, and police and that is why we provided for them in wisconsin. mitt romney calls barack obama out of touch....
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barack obama h retrievedhe nobel peace prize ioslo. he said oers deserve it me than himnd just wars are till needed to cree peace. the iraqi government is accused of not reporting theakron numbers ofasualties. britaiand the united states ha warned iran that time is running o on sanctions. ths after negotiations at a meeng of the un security council. a frenchmbassador saidhis was thr last chance to begin negoations. i asked our corresponden about what was different. >> think what we are seeing is of gradually buildi momentum toward looking at sanctions seriously. the's a feeling that iran has rejected t offer of engagement. then when it was clear th it built the nuclear plant,hen it was reimanded for that,t vowed to bud 10 more. the feeling is that ngotiations at anffered it, but iran s not responded. president oba had given a deadne of until the end of the year. that is comingp. now the decision doeneed tobe made abt whether to go forward with sctions. we will begino move towa sanctio if iran does no respond the way we want themo. this
barack obama h retrievedhe nobel peace prize ioslo. he said oers deserve it me than himnd just wars are till needed to cree peace. the iraqi government is accused of not reporting theakron numbers ofasualties. britaiand the united states ha warned iran that time is running o on sanctions. ths after negotiations at a meeng of the un security council. a frenchmbassador saidhis was thr last chance to begin negoations. i asked our corresponden about what was different. >> think what we are...
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obama has no answers on that. except to, what appears to become a weakening of our deterrent. >> i don't think it is inconsistent. as far as pursuing a new nuclear policy on an international scale. on the other hand, trying to deal with iran as a separate issue. iran is a problem. the problem as far as afghanistan is concerned. a problem as far as iraq is concerned. it is a country that is not going to go away. the problem is not going to go away. but you don't deal with that necessarily through arms control discussions. >> i just don't agree that if wrote states get nukes' we will not unilaterally disarm -- ifro gu -- if rouge states. >> that the rouge states will cooperate with international nuclear agreements which by the very definition are extraordinarily unlikely to do, which means all bets are off. we can still threaten to use our nuclear weapons against them. >> that is what is wrong but the obama change of policy. one of the key elements is that the united states -- explicitly the pledges not to develop a
obama has no answers on that. except to, what appears to become a weakening of our deterrent. >> i don't think it is inconsistent. as far as pursuing a new nuclear policy on an international scale. on the other hand, trying to deal with iran as a separate issue. iran is a problem. the problem as far as afghanistan is concerned. a problem as far as iraq is concerned. it is a country that is not going to go away. the problem is not going to go away. but you don't deal with that necessarily...
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it was a big issue for obama when he was elected. he got hispanic votes behind him because he promised the reform. unfortunately he has not delivered. >> people are disappointed? >> deboarded very disappointed. >> disappointed or angry? >> i would say angry for the moment. >> tell me about your newspaper and who it reaches. >> we are the largest mexican daily, and we reach 1.5 million mexicans living in the region. >> "the haitian times, a newspaper based in brooklyn, new york serving the haitian american community. it has the story is everybody is interested in an obviously what is happening in haiti without reconstruction, hurricane, cholera, and elections. >> what you say, the "african sun times," that is kind of a unique thing. it is published just for folks here, right? >> yes, the "african sun times" is been in existence for 21 years. we have been publishing in another newspaper called the "african inquirer" before we switched to the "african sun times." it is a weekly newspaper, and it reaches most of the africans in the trist
it was a big issue for obama when he was elected. he got hispanic votes behind him because he promised the reform. unfortunately he has not delivered. >> people are disappointed? >> deboarded very disappointed. >> disappointed or angry? >> i would say angry for the moment. >> tell me about your newspaper and who it reaches. >> we are the largest mexican daily, and we reach 1.5 million mexicans living in the region. >> "the haitian times, a...
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tomorrow hmeets with president obama at the whitehouse. >>he feeling was there was a great and extreme bias against the religis administrion and that created great concerns ong the muslims, pticularly the lders of muslim countries. but with the obama speech it became cle that he's not, that america isot againsthis. if youomplain of the interventis of theforces in iran, iould say to you, don't interfere th the home affairs of otherarab countries like lebanon, like hamas and others. sincyou complain of this external or foreig interferen, so don't do it with other countries. are very keen. there should be stabity and no ability unless we havhe -- and with assist also. meeting with the autrity, with the raeli government. >>harlie: the president of egypt sni mubarak and all about theiddle east coming up. captioning sponsored b rose communitions >> charlie: we arin cairo, in egy for a conversation with the psident of egypt hosni mubarak. it imy nth interview with him. he is onthe eve of a visit washington to meet with esident obama and vice pres
tomorrow hmeets with president obama at the whitehouse. >>he feeling was there was a great and extreme bias against the religis administrion and that created great concerns ong the muslims, pticularly the lders of muslim countries. but with the obama speech it became cle that he's not, that america isot againsthis. if youomplain of the interventis of theforces in iran, iould say to you, don't interfere th the home affairs of otherarab countries like lebanon, like hamas and others. sincyou...
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>> could you be barack obama? >> i think so. >> if you saw things were going to calm down in this town after the midterm elections, you were wrong. nancy pelosi knocked back a rebellion from her own troops and will be succeeded by john boehner as speaker of the new congress. mitch mcconnell decided it was better to switch on earmarks than to fight. a bill to extend jobless benefits failed in the house. and charlie rangel got his comeuppance from the house ethics committee. we have a lame-duck congress and nancy pelosi is still the speaker. the president would cut off tax cuts at $250,000. where do we stand on tax cuts? >> as of this moment, the house democrats are with the president of but the senate democrats once again has settled off the reservation by flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody. >> if the tax cuts were extended, the richest americans would get a tax savings of -- we are all deficit hawks now. >> in the end, the only way to solve the problem of entitlement and growth and raising inco
>> could you be barack obama? >> i think so. >> if you saw things were going to calm down in this town after the midterm elections, you were wrong. nancy pelosi knocked back a rebellion from her own troops and will be succeeded by john boehner as speaker of the new congress. mitch mcconnell decided it was better to switch on earmarks than to fight. a bill to extend jobless benefits failed in the house. and charlie rangel got his comeuppance from the house ethics committee. we...
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right, ather conundrum before the obama adnistration, iran. september, ne month of course. th was sort of the sout deadline that this administraon has said for iran to respond to dialogue, the united states is trying to encourage. wiout a dialogue, i guess sanctions? wherdo we stand on sanctions and can theyreally wo? >> well, it's possible there is going to be -- certainly pressure around sanctions and more sanctions. but my feeling unless you have china and russia onboard they're going to be unefctive and at's because china a russia are key investors in iran'snergy sector and they've actually benefited hugely are not part of e existing sancons just this st spring you w the chinese coming in with the $70 biion oil and gas deal to velop southwestern iran reserves. russians a selling the iranians -- biions o dollars worth of nuclear technology d radar missiles. littlempetus for these cnt rose. >> they're doing okay? >> yeah. >> andhe other thingbout the sanctions, and of course the idea here is to get the iranians to negotiate aay their nuclear
right, ather conundrum before the obama adnistration, iran. september, ne month of course. th was sort of the sout deadline that this administraon has said for iran to respond to dialogue, the united states is trying to encourage. wiout a dialogue, i guess sanctions? wherdo we stand on sanctions and can theyreally wo? >> well, it's possible there is going to be -- certainly pressure around sanctions and more sanctions. but my feeling unless you have china and russia onboard they're going...
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they know the conseqnce would be tooreat. >> reporter: the obama administration's stimulu program also helping the market, creating a new class of mun: "build america bonds." unlike tradition munis, the income from these bondis taxable. but abrams sayhe's noticed individu investors are now buying "build amera bonds" for their i.r.a. accounts. this shelters the income from taxes, while proving some stability in portfols burned bytock market losses. >> jeff: some muni watchs see the tax-freetatus of municipal bonds as anoth long-term positi. they say if federaincome tax rates climb, more invests will want to buy munis a way help keep some income tax- free. >> susie: tomorr, top political economt c. fred bergsten joinss for a priew of this ek's g-8 summit in italy. >> susie: the obal advertising market is expected to t bottom later this year, accordi to a key advertising focaster. "zenith optimedia" cut i global ad spending eimates for 2009 as companies ntinued to cut adrtising spending in the first half. the rm says the second quarter saw some improvent, and predicts t ad market in the u
they know the conseqnce would be tooreat. >> reporter: the obama administration's stimulu program also helping the market, creating a new class of mun: "build america bonds." unlike tradition munis, the income from these bondis taxable. but abrams sayhe's noticed individu investors are now buying "build amera bonds" for their i.r.a. accounts. this shelters the income from taxes, while proving some stability in portfols burned bytock market losses. >> jeff: some...
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tresident obama also said if sun fails toact, the will be what he called increased pressu by the ited states anthe internional communit for mo on today's policy shift on suan, we are joined by mahmoud mamdani, a professorof governnt and anthropology at columbianiversity here in new york. professor mamdani islso author of the ok "saviors an survivors: daur pitics and the war onteror." lcome to the program. >> thanks for inviting me >> so let's just talk a little abouthe situation on the ground. are we sll seeing the kin of wispread killing and abuses that were once taking placen sudan? >> we're not. the first report thatthe tuation on the ground s beginning tohange started coming out in late 04. u.n. sourcesn the ground began suggesting that theevel of rtality was less than 200 a month. the u.n. command, inis speech last month, said that ere was no war in darfur. that actually what w going on in darfu was basically now banditry. >> let's ta about the obama administration. it's announced a new policy shift wards sudan, and it's been described as a mix incentives and presse or incentives
tresident obama also said if sun fails toact, the will be what he called increased pressu by the ited states anthe internional communit for mo on today's policy shift on suan, we are joined by mahmoud mamdani, a professorof governnt and anthropology at columbianiversity here in new york. professor mamdani islso author of the ok "saviors an survivors: daur pitics and the war onteror." lcome to the program. >> thanks for inviting me >> so let's just talk a little abouthe...
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you talk about comparing exposure of obama with something like sarah palin -- these are two people who have placed emphasis and found aay to get it rough the credit, versus palin's's complaining about having too mh exposure. so i tnk there are posives and negatives. >> i thi in russia, he had date nht with his wife -- there are only soany hou th leaders can meet, and i thk those international meetings ought to be left to a lot of th businesses instead of familyravel. >> it cannot be a good thing to have an ime of his dghters playing uin europe when a lot of familieat home are thinking abou their kids. i want to ask you, what is it in our natiol psyche that we ne to grieve, from other tertainment figures. incessiana had enteainment. what ishis desire to geve? >> mbe because we're not allowed to dato-day le? i was happy about the number of peoe listening to the radio who wanted to ll a story that attached to him so way. it mns me to me that it does to you, and let m tell you why. th period ofrieving is a caartic experience, getting people to cry bause they are no allowed to in daily life
you talk about comparing exposure of obama with something like sarah palin -- these are two people who have placed emphasis and found aay to get it rough the credit, versus palin's's complaining about having too mh exposure. so i tnk there are posives and negatives. >> i thi in russia, he had date nht with his wife -- there are only soany hou th leaders can meet, and i thk those international meetings ought to be left to a lot of th businesses instead of familyravel. >> it cannot be...
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it will be getting rid of obama which will be the driving force. there will be enthusiasm even if romney is the nominee. >> award for herman cain the olls to journal"-ntbc p was surprised by his surge and interviewed people who were supporting him. they knew who herman cain was, they liked the fact that he never ran for office, they understood 9-9-9 -- >> but they didn't understand -- >> they said he was a real. >> he was a real, it did not sound like a politician. >> the gallup poll echoed that poll in that people who were most enthusiastic about the race favored herman cain. >> that is why they like christie, who just i endorsed romney. >> rick perry is on the cusp of a falling into that terrible meredith -- narrative -- "i can see russia from my lawn," sarah palin. after the debate, he spoke to dartmouth students about the american revolution occurring in the 16th century. little slips like that -- >> obama spoke about the 57 american states. that is heinz, not america. it is a slip of the tongue. perry's problem is that he had this terrible deb
it will be getting rid of obama which will be the driving force. there will be enthusiasm even if romney is the nominee. >> award for herman cain the olls to journal"-ntbc p was surprised by his surge and interviewed people who were supporting him. they knew who herman cain was, they liked the fact that he never ran for office, they understood 9-9-9 -- >> but they didn't understand -- >> they said he was a real. >> he was a real, it did not sound like a politician....
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the president barack obama had won. progressives and liberals had the wind at their back, conservatives routed, tea parties were what had with the queen. now look at the energy, tea party movement in the republican ranks and the president is below 50% in some in his approval ratings and the change in this bipartisanship that he promised is gone. it's a partisan town. and that line he mentioned about being called a genius, temperate. if they think he's genius, that conventional wisdom is only if in washington if it exists. if you look out in the country and health care, his big success, certainly historic success for the president. if you look at the public opinion, it has gotten worse since the bill passed. his approval rating on the issue of health care has gone down. numbers are as bad as they were in august. so the country doesn't any he's a genius just yet. gwen: so the passion is all on the conservative side, not just the conservatives but far edge of the conservative party? >> well, right. there's passion in the d
the president barack obama had won. progressives and liberals had the wind at their back, conservatives routed, tea parties were what had with the queen. now look at the energy, tea party movement in the republican ranks and the president is below 50% in some in his approval ratings and the change in this bipartisanship that he promised is gone. it's a partisan town. and that line he mentioned about being called a genius, temperate. if they think he's genius, that conventional wisdom is only if...
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for president obama. and he took advantage of it. i don't know why he doesn't do more news conferences. he got an infomercial out of this. gwen: except that one thing he didn't talk about that i would have expected that he would have found a way to steer it more was the state of the economy. which is the thing that's so high on people's agenda and -- >> and no one asked him about it which is pretty incredible as well. gwen: except about the fund. >> a little bit about the fed. that's true. but yeah. he start talking about the economy as well. i'm sure we can get a lot of that when he gets back. >> we still have a few more speeches to go. gwen: so that's what i want to ask. final question. he's going off on vacation. what is in his briefcase besides the things we talked about today, what do we expect when they get back? >> well, what isn't going to be happening when they get back? we've got the budget. immigration reform. the implementation of the affordable care act. part of the agenda that you just described is what do we do about t
for president obama. and he took advantage of it. i don't know why he doesn't do more news conferences. he got an infomercial out of this. gwen: except that one thing he didn't talk about that i would have expected that he would have found a way to steer it more was the state of the economy. which is the thing that's so high on people's agenda and -- >> and no one asked him about it which is pretty incredible as well. gwen: except about the fund. >> a little bit about the fed....
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the plot -- obama's diplomacy with iran." thank you for joining us. how would you characterize the relationship between the united states and iran? >> it is an institutionalized committee. >> what does that mean? >> the enmity, the institutionalized part is that we have seen over the last three decades big portions within both governments that have created a self interest in retaining that amity. careers that have been advanced through deepening this amity. this is not something that can easily be broken up. there are too many people on both sides in both countries benefiting from the continuation of amity. >> are we talking about antagonize meant between the two? >> we have some limited pockets in which the two have managed to collaborate but nothing that has been able to turn the strategic dynamic of their relationship around into something more positive. both parties continue to see how they can undermine each other. i'm of the view that the obama administration had a very genuine effort in the first year of the presidency
the plot -- obama's diplomacy with iran." thank you for joining us. how would you characterize the relationship between the united states and iran? >> it is an institutionalized committee. >> what does that mean? >> the enmity, the institutionalized part is that we have seen over the last three decades big portions within both governments that have created a self interest in retaining that amity. careers that have been advanced through deepening this amity. this is not...
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obama d medvedev will dance before one anoth in of the cameras. both are concern about their image but nothing ll come good will come from oba's visit. for more on today' agreement and on e state of american/russians agreement. she is the granddaughter of the former leader crushev. and professor at the new school here at throu york ciy. welcome. >> tnk you. >> what do you make of the announcement today tt this new arm's framewk has been wrked out? >> it'sery posive. is -- it is the agreent that is needed by both couries, by baracobama it was his major forei policy success. a for the russian it is a very necesry agreement because russiaannot really sustain the nuclearrsenal it has acquired over the ars. takentheds a wduction. b it all needs to put god pave want. so they are wking with americans on that. so it gis them -- gives them an opportity to look importa. and like partners with e united ates. >> what about the misle fense shield system, which the united states has been bking in is that still a problem hanging out here? >> it is problem hangin
obama d medvedev will dance before one anoth in of the cameras. both are concern about their image but nothing ll come good will come from oba's visit. for more on today' agreement and on e state of american/russians agreement. she is the granddaughter of the former leader crushev. and professor at the new school here at throu york ciy. welcome. >> tnk you. >> what do you make of the announcement today tt this new arm's framewk has been wrked out? >> it'sery posive. is -- it...
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president obama said he won't negotiate. does he have to negotiate? gwen: not today. >> one thing he says is sort of inaccurate. he indicates negotiations over a debt ceiling have never happened before. we've all seen them happen, but i do think that -- the president negotiated over the debt ceiling in 2011 and ended up with sequestration and a lot of other things and i think that that has soured him. gwen: and unreturned phone calls from john boehner. >> and we ended up with the fiscal cliff. gwen: is crisis the new normal now in washington? >> yeah. look, i think there's no penalty for people not compromising. in fact, if you live in those 40 or 50 districts we're talking about in the house, you'll be penalized if you compromise. >> the problem is all these crises never settle anything. all they do is set you up for the next crisis. gwen: in fact, we're talking about short-term solutions. >> and they may kick this can down the road. gwen: our favorite metaphor is back. thanks, everybody. a lot of moving pieces this week on the international stage as
president obama said he won't negotiate. does he have to negotiate? gwen: not today. >> one thing he says is sort of inaccurate. he indicates negotiations over a debt ceiling have never happened before. we've all seen them happen, but i do think that -- the president negotiated over the debt ceiling in 2011 and ended up with sequestration and a lot of other things and i think that that has soured him. gwen: and unreturned phone calls from john boehner. >> and we ended up with the...
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>>> tonig "worfocus" -- >> president obama cnfers with russn president vladimirutin and a speh in moscow lsut a plan h the two countries can coext i peace. >>> when will it end? >>> we'll report from an impovished area ofohannesis burg where there are newsigns police. vigilants hand out justic but th problem is they don't always get it right. ♪ you must underand war not the way ♪ >> and from israel. the story of israelisnd arabs. drowning out the dras of wor. >>> from the wld's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happing from around the world, this is "worldfocus madeossible in part, by the following funders. >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. as president obama end a two-day summit russia,e and at country's t leaders seem to have got a lon way toward changing theone oftheir lationship for thbetter. butespite the agement to reduce their nuclear arsenals with a new treaty the president admitted that on issues that divide the countrie tre won't be a meetingof the minds anytime so. one of those issues, the american plan to deploy a missile defense sstem near russia in easte
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his just days before present obama visits tokyo. japan has decidedto endits nal refilling mission in support of the u.s.-d efforts n afghanistan. britain's pri minister has aplogized publicly to a grieving mother whose son died in afghanistan. jace jan's has described gordon brown's letter as a hastily scrawled iult. >> ts was the y theation's auish abouthe war in afghanian got painfuly personal. the day the prime minister, voice huy, eyeslistening, tried tlimit the damage done by a carelessly written letter to a grieving mother. >> i wanted to say during that conversion with her bu thought i real could not doo because i did not know her, that when there is a personal loss as deep and as immediate as she has expiencedit takes time to recover. that loss can never replaced. you ha got to takevery day at a ti. >> and emotional goon brown said he had alogized for a letter that brought her nt comfort but oense. >> i think people know m well enough to kow that it would never be myntention by carelessness or by a faure to cause any ief to
his just days before present obama visits tokyo. japan has decidedto endits nal refilling mission in support of the u.s.-d efforts n afghanistan. britain's pri minister has aplogized publicly to a grieving mother whose son died in afghanistan. jace jan's has described gordon brown's letter as a hastily scrawled iult. >> ts was the y theation's auish abouthe war in afghanian got painfuly personal. the day the prime minister, voice huy, eyeslistening, tried tlimit the damage done by a...
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obama is going to give it to them like a political gift. why? in a few weeks' time, we expect congress will take up the question of climate change and producing greenhouse gases and changing the way americans use energy. mr. obama once tough new laws on greenhouse gas emissions and he needs republican support in the senate to help pass that into law. perhaps offshore drilling made by him crucial republican votes. it is politics in the wall. the environmentalist movement is -- it is politics in the raw. the crime at the list movement is very upset, but one politician said a greenpeace does not control any of the seats. >>> a new landmark for the site of the 2012 games in london. it will be about 120 meters tall, bigger than the statue of liberty, and stand next to the main stadium. >> there may be more than two years ago, but the look stadium is suddenly taking shape. something is missing here. it needs art work. this is a tower with a twist. orbit, dipping and swirling, a landmark piece of art that provides an advantage point to view the olympic
obama is going to give it to them like a political gift. why? in a few weeks' time, we expect congress will take up the question of climate change and producing greenhouse gases and changing the way americans use energy. mr. obama once tough new laws on greenhouse gas emissions and he needs republican support in the senate to help pass that into law. perhaps offshore drilling made by him crucial republican votes. it is politics in the wall. the environmentalist movement is -- it is politics in...
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this has been said over and over again by president obama. but you want to make him the son of karl marx in the white house? go ahead and do that. >> but you do have two versions of the economy. >> you do, and one of the reasons this thing does play is that we had this banking scandal, the libor scandal. business thinks obama is the enemy, but bankers and business are increasingly distant from the american public. they are the super-rich, the super-corporate, it appear -- super-crooked, it appears -- >> obama was not speaking about bankers. he was speaking about entrepreneurs and individuals, and he says that if you think you are responsible for your success -- >> does not -- > >> arguing about gaffes is less important than tax returns -- >> you are wrong about that. it is only a gaffe in the washington definition, that i guess when a politician accidentally says what he believes. >> i know we want to be fair. if you go back to that kansas speech, that statement was about teddy roosevelt, who said that we also had to have the infrastructure i
this has been said over and over again by president obama. but you want to make him the son of karl marx in the white house? go ahead and do that. >> but you do have two versions of the economy. >> you do, and one of the reasons this thing does play is that we had this banking scandal, the libor scandal. business thinks obama is the enemy, but bankers and business are increasingly distant from the american public. they are the super-rich, the super-corporate, it appear --...
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i am not sure this would be a defeat for barack obama if they capt. to strike down in this health care law. >> fdr also tried to stack the court. >> i did not want to get to that. >> part of the reason that did not work is because the court changed. justice ginsburg says that the whole purpose of insurance is to spread out the risk. can you talk about that a little bit? >> there was a lot of that during the arguments put some of the critics said that the problem with most of the people on the court is that they had government insurance all of their lives. most of them have worked for the federal government most of their lives, as either judges or officials, and they have always had easy insurance, very good insurance. they don't worry about some enormous thing with the insurance industry says that you not reached the cap, we're paying you any more money. those caps are already gone as part of this law. if it goes down, we will go back to having caps, we will go back to having 26-year-olds, 25-year- olds not covered. they're also in this bill thousands
i am not sure this would be a defeat for barack obama if they capt. to strike down in this health care law. >> fdr also tried to stack the court. >> i did not want to get to that. >> part of the reason that did not work is because the court changed. justice ginsburg says that the whole purpose of insurance is to spread out the risk. can you talk about that a little bit? >> there was a lot of that during the arguments put some of the critics said that the problem with...
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president obama is abouto address th u.s. congss on heth care reform. he says congress agrees on out 80% of what needsto be done. his ideasould incorporate ideas from both democrats and republicans. >> funding was ma possibley the freen fndation of new york, stowe,vt., and honolul the newman's own foundation, the jo d. and cathene t. macarthur foundation, ad union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength t work for wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. at can we do for you? >> public broadcasting ds my source for news about the world. >> for intelligentonversation. >> for election coverage u can count on >> a cmmitment to journism. >> befor deciding who to vte for. >> public broadcasting is my sour for intelligence connections to my communit >>
president obama is abouto address th u.s. congss on heth care reform. he says congress agrees on out 80% of what needsto be done. his ideasould incorporate ideas from both democrats and republicans. >> funding was ma possibley the freen fndation of new york, stowe,vt., and honolul the newman's own foundation, the jo d. and cathene t. macarthur foundation, ad union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength t work for wide range of companies from small businesses to major...